Keywords: F-8H Crusader from VF-24 intercepts Tu-95 c1968.jpg A U S Navy Vought F-8H Crusader from Fighter Squadron VF-24 Red Checkertails intercepts a Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 NATO reporting code Bear VF-24 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 21 CVW-21 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hancock CVA-19 for a deployment to Vietnam from 18 July 1968 to 3 March 1969 U S Navy photo http //www navysite de/cruisebooks/cv19-69/085 htm from the http //www navysite de/cruisebooks/cv19-69/index_005 htm USS Hancock CVA-19 1968-69 cruise book available at http //navysite de/cruisebooks/index html Navysite de ca 1968 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-8H Crusader Fighter Squadron 24 United States Navy Aerial photographs of Tupolev Tu-95 in flight |